St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
THE DEAD ANARCHISTS.
Scenes Connected With the Re-
movaI of the Remains.

taken after the execution Yesterday,
were thrown open at 6 O'Clock this mOrn-
ing, and the crowd which had been wait
ing to view the remains began to file in.
Only the bodies of Parsons and Fischer
were left to crafty the morbid curiosity
of the crowd, the remeins of Spies and
Engel having already been removed.
Occasionally one of the curious would
mutter something as he gazed upon the
upturned, distorted faces of the dead,
but most of the people passed on ST.
lently after a single glance at the
cOuntenanceS of these much-talked-Of
men. At $50 O'clock the doors were
closed. At that time there was a big
crowd outside, and it was estimated
that 1000 or 5000 people had viewed the
remains. A half hour later the bodies
were removed to the residences of the
dead anarchists. No excitement at
tended the transfer of the remains. At
10 o'clock the caSket containing the
body of Fischer was taken out. 1t was
to be taken to the home of his wife. 1t
was quickly lifted into the wagon and
an Oil-clOth covering spread over it.
Then the undertaken and his assistants
mounted to the box and the wagon was
driven out Milwaukee avenue, followed
by
most of the grown people staying be-
hind in the hope of getting glance at
Parsons. a detail of police, just coming
on duty, came along at the time and
marched after the wagon. This created
some cOmmOtiOn along the avenue, but
it died out when the police turned off at
Noble street. The wagon, with its guard
of boys, moved on to the house of Mrs.
Fischer, just block east of Milwaukee
avenue. 1t is tWO-StOry frame struct-
ure and occupied by several families.
Mrs. FiScher'S apartments are in the
rear on the ground floor and are entered
through an arch under rear stairway
leading from the second story.
This arch was draped with
white and black cambria. Around
and children, evidently belonging to
the neighbOrhoOd. They were NOR
bidly curious rather than sympathetic,
and when the wagon drew up in front
of the house, they craned their necks to
see what they could. Mrs. Fischer was
at the house of one of the neighbOrS
when the body of her husband arrived,
but as soon as it had been carried into
the house and properly placed, she was
escorted into her deSOlate home by two
female friends. She was suffering
greatly, and her actions were somewhat
hySterical. She stopped occasionally
and threw her arms about one or two of
her friends and wept bitterly. The
doors and windows of
CHRIS SPIES HOUSE,
where the body of the dead anal chist
lies, were barred, and would not be
opened for any one. Long strips of
white and black crepe swung from the
door bell. AT the top of the symbols of
mourning was large black rose made
also out of crepe, and from the middle
of the rose streams of red fiuttered in
the breeze. From the moment the dead
body arrived at the residence of Au-
gusts brother, the house has been sur
rounded by crowds of inQuiSitive spec
tatOrs. This morning the assemblage
gradually increased in numbers, all
anxious to get a look at the face of the
famous anarchist. Nobody was graft
fed. Repeated calls at the door failed to
elicit any response.
The Van Zandt mansion was tightly
closed this morning. Atevery window,
save those in the upper story of the
house, the curtains were drawn so as to
wholly shut out the light. A transpar-
ency of August Spies hung i'll the parlor
window. and was thrown into relief by
the buff curtain behind. Many people
glanced up at the picture as they passed.
When reporter
RANG THE DOOR-BELL
neat looking cOlOred girl opened the
door.
us Mr.. Van Zandt at home?' was
asked.
mo. sir" replied the girl.
rs Miss Van Zandt able to be about!"
Yes"
"Will the family attend the funeral
tomorrow"
That was an unfortunate question, for
it shut off the source of information.
Are you reporter" asked the girl.
Yes" was the answer.
''Well. them" said she, speaking as
though she was one of the family, 1--we
anarchists at all, and Mr.. Spies is dead.
We only sympathized with him, and
we've nothing at all to say, Sir.o
With that the girl bowed and closed
the door.
"Oh, Albert, Albert, they murdered
yOu." cried Mrs. Parsons when she was
permitted to see the body of her dead
husband this morning for the first time
since The execution. The undertaken
had conveyed Parsons body to the resi-
dence, 1S5 Milwaukee avenue, shortly
before II o'clock. When the street door
was opened Mrs. Parsons was observed
at the head of the stairs, dressed in
long black wrapper. Apparently she
had rested little during last night, for
her eyes were
SWOLLEN WITH MUCH WEEPING.
She was greatly excited when she
realized that they were about to bring
up her husband dead, and she immedi-
ately commenced weeping again. A
committee went to her and endeavOred
to calm her, but she grew more agitated.
unit they almost forced her into her
own apartments and locked the door,
She would not listen to their entreaties,
and one was left to see that she did her
self no harm. while the others carried
up the coffin and deposited it on two
chairs in the little sitting room. The
top of the casket was removed and the
calm, pale features exposed. All the
time they were taking off the lid Mrs.
Parsons was struggling in the room adj
joining and calling the name of her hus-
band. Little Albert and Lucy, the
children, stood together, crying
and unnoticed in the corner
of the room. When the chamber door
was unlocked, the widow rushed out
and threw herself bodily on the coffin.
A hySterical cry escaped her lips and
the poor woman fell on the floor in dead
faint before the friends could catch her.
The gathering of mOrbidly curious Ger
mans about the street door, who were
not permitted to enter the house, heard
the cry and a sensation ran through the
crowd. As soon as Mrs. Parsons had
recovered sufficiently to walk, she ran